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Monday, October 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Bob Ross

Today
would have been Bob Ross’ 70th birthday; even 17 years since he
passed away he still is remembered for his show “The Joy of Painting” that ran
on PBS between 1983 through 1994. Many of us grew up learning about happy
little trees watching his show and I dreamed of being a painter when I grew up.

Ross
was born in 1942, in the thick of World War II, and with many supplies being
limited there were no major sports card releases at that time so I went with
the next best thing, a release by TCMA Ltd. Beginning in the 1970s TCMA
released a number of “retro” sets that highlighted players from the 1930s and
up, which included a couple of different team sets and minor league teams. In 1983
TCMA created two sets based on 1942, a 1942 Play Ball set and a 1942-46 St.Louis Cardinals team set. I used the Cardinals team set for the template
because it was a pretty plain card design that allowed me flexibility to make
it an art themed card.

I hope
that where ever he is now he is surrounded by happy little trees and mistakes
that turned in to fluffy clouds.

About Me

I started collecting as a kid but by the time I hit my teens my interests were elsewhere. I returned to the hobby in 1992, just in time to see the junk wax era go in to full swing. My collecting interests have changed over the past 25 years and I prefer to focus on just a couple of players.

My collection now is very specific now because I want to keep it controlled and organized, I collect Ken Griffey Jr., Jay Buhner and Ryan Bader for my PC as well as sketch cards and unique vintage and tobacco era cards.